Dual Logging hardware lag...

[leingod99]

Hey all, I have a few quick questions about dual logging. First ill post my comp specs to give you all a general idea on what kinda hardware im working with. I have a athalon 2.4GHZ processor, Geforce 8600 GT gfx card, and 2 Gigs of ram, which i think is a decent comp. Yet after about 20 minutes of dual windowing, the lag gets so unberable that everything skips and jitters around like crazy! I pretty much know the problem is my processor, since I know people with much less ram (1gb) and worse vid cards, like a geforce 7300 GS, dual log for 3 hours with no hardware lag. My processor is not dual core, nor is it hyper threading, so i know thats pretty much the root cause of the hardware lag. My biggest question is... Is there a way to sorta divert all the processors power to one window, and not try to split them between the 2 windows making both a lagfest? Thats what annoys me. I know people that have single core 2.0 GHZ processors that sorta have one window working perfectly, while the other one a massave lagfest, and when switching windows, it freezes up for alittle bit. With my compy, like if i put one client in town, and the other one out by the desert or somethign, the one in town is lag free, while the one in the desert is a lag fest. The problem is the reason i wanna dual log is to RM myself, and when my chars are near each other, BOTH windows start to lag, like my processor tries to split the power between the 2 then. I know its not strong enough to do that and thats what causes the lag, but is there a way to just get it to focus on one window? My little bros compy does it that way, and he has a way worse PC then me. Like the fighters window runs perfectly smooth, while the RM window goes at like 1fps XD.

[DeadlyLurker]

I buy!

[Fook]

First, please seperate your paragraphs.
That big blob of words hurts my eyes :[.

I think my computer is a little worse than that, but I don't get that much lag when I dual log.

Which method of dual logging do you use? (There probably is only 1 way.)

[leingod99]

Yea im sorry about the big wall of text there, I shoulda wrote that out alittle better. I use either the sunkist method, or the 'new user' method, and both work fine for me, i never have a problem actually launching the game with 2 clients. My problem comes from the processor trying to split the processing between the 2 clients, causing massave hardware lag.

I know people with HT processors or Dual core processors dont have this problem, but i know some people who can decently run this game with just a single core 2.0ghz type processor, cause the window that thier fighter is in runs like there is only 1 client running, smooth like. While the other runs at like 1fps. I have a 2.6ghz processor and both windows are completely skippy and jittery and eventually get to the point where its unplayable. I was wondering if theres any way to get it to concentrate more processing power on one window, and nearly none on the other?

[wishwarrior]

run the game in windows mode..two small windows will lag less^^